A/N: Soooooo… How are you? I'm fine thank you. I hate school so much. I had to create a How To PowerPoint for Spanish, a timeline for Lit, I have to write a speech for Lit, I have to worry about EOCTS and Finals, create a cover and back for a bag of Fritos changing it into Diet Fried Fingers (zombie play I'm in.), and a bunch of other things. Bleh. So, since I made you suffer a little with my problems, why don't we get started with chapter 14, hm? Yes, I think I'll do that.
Disclaimer: Forever and ever, to the stars beyond, I will never own Maximum Ride or Fang.
Fang POV
We all held our breaths as Max stared at me bewildered.
"Fang, is that you?" she asked.
"You remember us?" I asked. This is great! She remembers us!
"If by us, you mean you and Iggy, then yes. I remember you." she said.
"What about Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel?" Iggy asked. Max turned towards him and her eyes bugged at the sight of him.
"Woah! What happened to you guys? You're so tall! And you look older too!" she said still staring at Iggy.
"We'll explain in a minute, but do you remember Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel?" I asked.
"Who?" She looked at me confused. Everyone, who had leaned forward in anticipation and happiness that Max remembered, deflated instantly. So she remembered Iggy and me but not the others. At least she remembers some stuff. That's good. I think.
"Why does she remember you guys but not us?" asked Angel.
"Am I supposed to remember you? You do look familiar though. I know! You guys are from my dreams!"
"Dreams?" Ella asked. Max turned towards Ella and stared at her.
"You were in my dreams too. Seriously, what is going on? Why are you two older? Who are they? Why were they in my dreams? And WHERE AM I!" I yelled getting angrier by the second.
"Calm down, Max." said Fang, "We'll explain everything to you. I promise."
I narrowed my eyes, "How can I trust you?"
"You know us, Max. You know that we would never hurt or betray you." Iggy said.
"This could just be another test. I wouldn't put it past the School to do this type of thing." she spat.
"Does it really seem like it, Max? Would they really create a whole new environment, get people who look like older versions of Iggy and me, and put false memories in your head just for a test?" I asked. She seemed to lose some of her anger and at the same time, her energy. She collapsed on the couch.
"Max, are you ok?" Ella asked.
"No," she mumbled, "I'm so confused, and I don't like being confused. I don't know where I am and everything is so weird."
"Look Max," Iggy said, "The School performed a test you and us. They made us older, and they also made you forget the rest of us. You already know Nudge, Gazzy, Angel, Ella, and Dr. M. After that happened, Dr. M, who, like I said before, you had already met, broke us out of the School. Right now, she's finding a cure for us. Isn't that right Dr. M?"
"Of course." she answered.
Made us older? What is he doing?
He doesn't want Max freaking out and having a nervous breakdown like she did before. It's easier on her mind if she thinks that you were made older instead of her made younger. Right. Angel can talk in my head. I forgot about that.
"Oh." Max said.
"Now we have to help you get your memories back." I said.
"How?" she asked.
"Well, we'll just have to jog your memory." said Gazzy, "You know, we bring things up that we've seen or done, and hopefully you'll remember something."
"And you are?" she asked staring at him.
He grinned, "Gazzy." She nodded.
"And the others?" she asked looking around.
"That's Angel, Gazzy, as you already know, Nudge, Ella, and Dr. Martinez." Iggy said pointing out each person. Max nodded along as each person was pointed out.
"Now Max," said Dr. M, "is there anything else that you remember besides Fang and Iggy?"
"I remember Jeb." Max replied, "He's…nicer than the other whitecoats. He's not as…harsh. Though in my dreams, he seems more…mean, jerkish, for lack of a better word."
"That's a pretty good way to put it. You know, if you summarize it into one word." Nudge said.
"Do you remember anything else?" I asked.
"Ummmm…Oh yeah! Ari is an Eraser! What happened?"
"Jeb took us away from the School for a while," I said, "but he left Ari behind. During that time, they experimented on him and turned him into an Eraser."
"Where is he now?" she asked. Everyone looked at me. I frowned, hesitating.
"…Dead." She gasped.
"Dead! Little Ari, the kid who would follow me everywhere, is dead! I-I can't believe it."
"It is awful, but what's done is done. There is nothing we can do about it now." I said.
"Poor Ari." she whispered.
"Don't worry," Iggy said, "We made sure he had a proper burial."
"That's nice at least." she said smiling sadly.
"Is that all you remember?" Ella asked. Max's forehead creased in concentration as she thought hard.
"Yeah," she answered after a few minutes of thinking, "that's it."
"Well, at least she remembers some things." said Gazzy.
"It makes it a little easier on us at least." said Angel.
"True," said Dr. M, "but now let's see if we can get her to remember again."
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